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What are some of the exit barriers to the Video Game console industry?
What are some of the potential barriers to exit in the video game console industry (or the Electronic Gaming Products Industry). Any sources to back up your answers would be appreciated.
Independent video game companies such as EA Sports license the console platforms and pay royalties to the console makers such as Sony and Nintendo.
Part of the licensing deals may require the console maker to continue to produce the console and support it for a certain number of years. Failure to due this may result in penalties on the console maker. Therefore, this penalty serves as a barrier to exit.
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Xbox 360 250GB Console List Price: $299.99 Sale Price: $279.99 Average Rating:   |
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Xbox 360 250GB ConsoleWith a sleek new design, a 250GB hard drive and built-in Wi-Fi, the new Xbox 360 gives you the ultimate gaming and entertainment experience |
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PlayStation 3 160 GB List Price: $299.99 Sale Price: $299.99 Average Rating: |
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The fourth generation of hardware released for the PlayStation 3 entertainment platform, the PlayStation 3 160GB system is the next stage in the evolution of Sony's console gaming powerhouse. Loaded with a mix of multimedia features and functions available on earlier PlayStation 3 models, as well as a series of new advancements and refinements, the PlayStation 3 160GB system is destined to push the envelope in the realm of Next-Generation entertainment... |
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Xbox 360 250GB Halo Reach Console Bundle List Price: $399.99 Sale Price: $399.99 |
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Kinect Sports List Price: $49.99 Sale Price: $49.00 |
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New Super Mario Bros List Price: $49.99 Sale Price: $37.65 Average Rating:  |
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Developers at Nintendo have dreamed of creating a simultaneous multiplayer Super Mario Bros. game for decades. The Wii console finally makes that dream come true for everyone with New Super Mario Bros... |
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Halo Reach List Price: $59.99 Sale Price: $54.99 |
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The planet Reach is humanity’s last line of defense between the encroaching Covenant and their ultimate goal, the destruction of Earth. If it falls, humanity will be perched on the brink of destruction... |
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Club Penguin: Game Day! List Price: $49.99 Sale Price: $49.99 |
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Play in the first ever Club Penguin island-wide Game Day challenge only on the Nintendo Wii. Create your own penguin, join a team and compete against other penguin teams in Dance Off!, Puffle Paddle, Sumo Smash, Fast Freeze and more... |
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Xbox 360 4GB Console List Price: $199.99 Sale Price: $199.99 Average Rating: |
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The new Xbox 360® 4GB Console. Here today, ready for tomorrow with a brand new, leaner machine. Wi-Fi is built-in for easier connection to the world of entertainment on Xbox LIVE, where HD movies and TV stream in an instant... |
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New Super Mario Bros. List Price: $34.99 Sale Price: $26.99 Average Rating: |
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Twenty years after Nintendo's biggest franchise was born, the Mario Bros. return in a dazzling, all-new platformer sure to set players' fingers twitching. In New Super Mario Bros. for DS, fans from Mario's classic days will see their dreams answered in this return to the Mushroom Kingdom, while a new generation of Mario players will learn what true platforming greatness means... |
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Mario Kart DS List Price: $39.99 Sale Price: $24.33 Average Rating: |
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The ultimate Mario Kart race is on…and online via your Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection in Mario Kart DS. Drawing on more than 30 courses and battle arenas from every game in the Mario Kart series - not to mention tons of new ones, Mario Kart DS allows you to play as Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Wario, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Toad, Bowser and Shy Guy as you put the pedal to the go-kart metal, grab coins to max out your speed and blast rivals with the ever-popular arsenal of red, green and spiked Koopa shells in a race to finally put to rest the question of who is the true king of the Mushroom Kingdom racing circuit... |